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March 3 Tues 8pm Clare & Shannon Archaeological & Historical Societies, Old Ground Hotel, Ennis. Praying and singing in medieval Ireland, 1000–1600, Frank Lawrence. 6 Fri 7.30pm NUI Maynooth History Forum, Rhetoric House, South Campus. The moral economy—how the poor survived in 1830s Ireland, Seán Bagnall. 9 Mon 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, … Read more

Through their articles and editorial positions, newspapers shaped and set in motion many of the forces that created the organisations and individuals of the revolutionary years. As was often the case in the period, women were to the fore. In 1908 the Daughters of Ireland. Inghinidhe na hÉireann initiated Bean na hÉireann, the first nationalist-feminist … Read more